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The Arvus lighter and the Aquila shuttle are incredibly small for moving larger groups of men (the dimensionsn on the Arvus don't make a great deal of sense when compared to say, the Thunderbolt), and the Vendetta/Valkyrie/Sky Talon are atmospheric only. The Marauder is large enough, and capable of atmospheric and space flight, but there isn't a transport variation. There are some references on Lexicanum for Devourer Dropships/Cetaceous carriers, but they're pretty dated references and particularly specialized vessels. I vaguely remember that regiments are sometimes carried on Imperial Navy fighting vessels; I'm clueless as to how they actually get on and off these ships (not to mention their equipment).

Can anyone shed any light on this? Or failing that, is there anything I could read up on this?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/503795/5226945.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/503795/5226945.page GMT How do guardsmen move from planet -> ship -> planet? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/503795/5226956.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/503795/5226956.page GMT Re:How do guardsmen move from planet -> ship -> planet? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/503795/5226971.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/503795/5226971.page GMT How do guardsmen move from planet -> ship -> planet?
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 Fezman wrote:
There is one less common method mentioned in the Planetstrike book: troop ships that project some sort of field of extremely low gravity, or something on those lines, between themselves and the surface, the idea being that the troops can just step into it and float down to the planet (when it doesn't fail and fling them to their doom).


Gravchutes as well, which are just glorified parachutes.

But yes, the Imperium has large landing vehicles, drop ships, and shuttles. Fifteen hours had a company sized, multilevel landing ship.
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Varrick wrote:They have their own shuttles [...]
Imperial Guard units having their own aircraft permanently assigned is a very uncommon oddity, actually - the Storm Trooper regiment being one of the few exceptions to this rule, although there are some more. It reads as if there is some sort of change in thinking going on, with various experimental "combined formations" being in existence. It sounds a bit strange that this occurs after about 10.000 years of keeping the dropships organisationally apart from the infantry, although I suppose one could explain it with such doctrines never being incorporated into the Tactica Imperialis and thus dying out again and again each time their proponent falls in battle, retires or is otherwise disgraced, and the hardliners reaffirming the status quo.

Just adding this since the division between Guard and Navy is one of the fundamental themes in the Imperial military machinery.

Hospy wrote:[...] and the Vendetta/Valkyrie/Sky Talon are atmospheric only
Valkyries are capable of insertion from low orbit, at least in the studio material.

Some GW fluff on Valkyries and their use as drop ships for the Guard: http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m530559a_LA_Valkyrie.pdf]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/503795/5227471.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/503795/5227471.page GMT How do guardsmen move from planet -> ship -> planet? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/503795/5227515.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/503795/5227515.page GMT Re:How do guardsmen move from planet -> ship -> planet? IG have sallied forth from large a dropship that appear capable of holding a few thousand troops at least.

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